The inverse loop transform
- 1 February 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 39 (2) , 1236-1248
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532344
Abstract
The loop transform in quantum gauge field theory can be recognized as the Fourier transform (or characteristic functional) of a measure on the space of generalized connections modulo gauge transformations. Since this space is a compact Hausdorff space, conversely, we know from the Riesz–Markov theorem that every positive linear functional on the space of continuous functions thereon qualifies as the loop transform of a regular Borel measure on the moduli space. In the present article we show how one can compute the finite joint distributions of a given characteristic functional, that is, we derive the inverse loop transform.Keywords
All Related Versions
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Quantum theory of geometry: I. Area operatorsClassical and Quantum Gravity, 1997
- Rigorous solution of the quantum Einstein equationsPhysical Review D, 1996
- Geometry eigenvalues and the scalar product from recoupling theory in loop quantum gravityPhysical Review D, 1996
- Reality conditions inducing transforms for quantum gauge field theory and quantum gravityClassical and Quantum Gravity, 1996
- Generalized Wick transform for gravityPhysical Review D, 1996
- Spin Networks in Gauge TheoryAdvances in Mathematics, 1996
- Spin networks and quantum gravityPhysical Review D, 1995
- On the support of the Ashtekar-Lewandowski measureCommunications in Mathematical Physics, 1995
- Representations of the holonomy algebras of gravity and nonAbelian gauge theoriesClassical and Quantum Gravity, 1992
- Reconstruction of gauge potentials from Wilson loopsPhysical Review D, 1981